Friedberg–Mücke railway

The Friedberg–Mücke railway is a railway that was opened in 1890/97 in the Wetterau and Vogelsberg regions in the German state of Hesse. Sections of the line are also called the Horlofftalbahn (Horloff Valley Railway) and the Seentalbahn (Seen Valley Railway). It originally connected three major railways that run from Giessen, namely:

Friedberg–Mücke railway
Trains in Beienheim station
Overview
Line number3740
LocaleHesse, Germany
Service
Route number632
Technical
Line length49.2 km (30.6 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
from Frankfurt (Main)
from Friedrichsdorf
from Hanau
0.00
 Friedberg (Hess)
to Gießen
Rosental Viaduct (Usa)
Wetter
3.80
 Dorheim (Wetterau)
6.20
 Beienheim
to Nidda
9.10
 Melbach
11.20
 Wölfersheim-Södel
(former station)
11.20
DB Netz
no operator
maintenance boundary
11.30
Heyenheimer Weg in Wölfersheim
12.60
Reiterweg in Geisenheim
brown coal railway from
Wölfersheim power station
12.90
Geisenheimer Straße
level crossing over B 455
14.20
B 455
14.70
A 45
15.70
 Berstadt-Wohnbach
15.70
L 3136
brown coal railway to
Bellersheim open-cast mine
mine
18.50
 Obbornhofen-Bellersheim
21.10
 Inheiden
21.10
B 489
21.40
B 457
21.40
no operator
DB Netz
maintenance boundary
from Gelnhausen
22.7
Obertorstraße in Hungen
23.37
 Hungen
to Gießen
29.39
0.00
 Villingen (Oberhess)
3.10
 Ruppertsburg
4.10
 Friedrichshütte
33.91
 Wetterfeld
36.13
 Laubach
39.52
 Laubacher Wald
Freienseen Tunnel (146m) /
Galgenberg Tunnel (196 m)
42.67
 Freienseen
45.29
 Weickartshain
46.64
 Stockhausen (Oberhessen)
from Gießen
49.20
 Mücke (Hess)
Keilbahnhof
to Fulda
Source: German railway atlas

Today only the eleven kilometre-long section to Wölfersheim operates as a feeder line to the regional node of Friedberg, where it connects to the rest of the railway network and, importantly for commuters from the Wetterau, Frankfurt.

The Beienheim–Schotten railway, also called the Horlofftalbahn, which branches off in Beienheim to Nidda, opened on the same day and is still operating.

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